Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Cologne Radio Choir
Orchestra: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574417
Release: 2022
Size: 680 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mass No. 17 in C Minor, K. 427 “Great” (Completed by F. Beyer)
01. I. Kyrie
02. II. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo
03. III. Gloria. Laudamus te
04. IV. Gloria. Gratias agimus tibi
05. V. Gloria. Domine Deus
06. VI. Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi
07. VII. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus
08. VIII. Gloria. Jesu Christe
09. IX. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu
10. X. Credo. Credo in unum Deum
11. XI. Credo. Et incarnatus est
12. XII. Sanctus
13. XIII. Benedictus
Missa brevis No. 11 in C Major, K. 258 “Spaur”
14. I. Kyrie
15. II. Gloria
16. III. Credo
17. IV. Sanctus
18. V. Benedictus
19. VI. Agnus Dei
This second album of Mozart’s complete Masses (Volume 1 is on 8574370) pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The ‘Great’ Mass in C minor is one of Mozart’s most spectacular and cast on such a scale that it embraces every human and spiritual emotion, reconciling the Salzburg tradition with that of Italian opera. The Mass was left incomplete by Mozart – it is heard here in a performing version made by the German musicologist and Mozart specialist Franz Beyer. By comparison the Missa brevis in C major exudes a spirit of festive concision.
Vol. 1 in this series featured the large-scale Coronation Mass and Missa longa (8574270): ‘Christoph Poppen’s unfussy direction and unhurried tempos equally capture the jubilation and contemplation in the sacred text, drawing powerful and often dramatic performances from the West German Radio Chorus and the celebrated Cologne Chamber Orchestra’